April 12, 2006
#29 Louisville (15-6, 1-0) vs. #17 Notre Dame (14-7, 0-0)
Thursday, April 13, 4 p.m. (ET) • Courtney Tennis Center • Notre Dame, Indiana
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#17 IRISH HOST LOUISVILLE IN THURSDAY BIG EAST SHOWDOWN: The
17th-ranked University of Notre Dame men's tennis team (14-7, 0-0)
will wind up the regular season with a battle of the top two teams in
the BIG EAST Conference when it plays host to #29 Louisville (15-6,
1-0) on Thursday at 4 p.m. (ET) - note the time change from the
original schedule - at the Courtney Tennis Center. The teams will meet
as league rivals for the first time ever, though the Cards earned a
4-1 victory in the opening round of last year's NCAA tournament.
IRISH-CARDINALS SERIES NOTES: Notre Dame and Louisville will meet for
the second consecutive season and the sixth time overall, with the
Irish holding a 4-1 advantage in the all-time series ... this will be
the first time the schools meet as members of the same conference, as
the Cardinals joined the BIG EAST this season ... this is just the
second-ever trip for Louisville to Notre Dame, and the first since
1957 ... following a 16-year hiatus, the series resumed last year, as
#33 Louisville won a 4-1 decision over the 32nd-ranked Irish in the
opening round of the NCAA Championship in Urbana, Ill. ... the doubles
point came down to a tiebreaker at No. 1, where Jeremy Clark and Jakob
Gustafsson beat Brent D'Amico and Eric Langenkamp 9-8 (7-5) to put
Louisville up 1-0 ... in singles, the Cards got straight-set wins at
Nos. 3 and 5 and a three-set victory at No. 1 to clinch the win ...
Notre Dame's lone point came in a two-set win at No. 4 singles ... the
No. 2 match was in a third set, and the No. 6 match was in a
second-set tiebreaker ... the schools first played in 1957 at Notre
Dame, with the Irish prevailing 9-0 ... a year later, ND won 9-0 in
Louisville, and the Irish prevailed 8-1 there in 1963 ... the teams met
again in 1988, with Notre Dame winning by a 6-0 score in Carbondale,
Ill. ... this is Notre Dame's only regular-season match against a BIG
EAST Conference opponent this season ... these are the only two teams in
the league to appear in the lITA national rankings (75 teams are
listed).
SENIOR DAY: Today marks the final regular-season home match during
the careers of the two members of the class of 2006 on Notre Dame's
roster: team captain Patrick Buchanan and Eric Langenkamp. This group
has helped Notre Dame compile a 57-36 record over the past four
seasons. During that time, the Irish have gone undefeated in the BIG
EAST Conference Championship, have been listed among the top 30 in the
national rankings each year, and advanced to the NCAA tournament
twice. Their leadership has helped the 2005-06 Irish squad to several
superlatives, including an 11-match winning streak that stands as the
longest for Notre Dame since 1990, a trip to the title match of the
prestigious Blue-Gray National Tennis Classic, reaching the national
top 15 for the first time in five years, and handing current Big Ten
leader Ohio State its only defeat in 19 matches this spring. And
today, Notre Dame will look to conclude the season with an undefeated
record at home.
ND LOOKS TO GO UNDEFEATED AT HOME: Notre Dame enters Thursday with a
7-0 record in home matches this season, while the Irish also beat USC
in an exhibition contest during the fall. It would be the first
undefeated home season for Notre Dame since 1991-92, when it was 7-0
at home en route to reaching the title match of the NCAA tournament.
That Irish squad did lose an exhibition match to USC during the fall.
BIG EAST'S FIRST TOP-30 MATCHUP SINCE 2001: This marks the first time
two BIG EAST Conference members ranked among the top 30 in the ITA
national rankings have faced off since April 22, 2001, when
14th-ranked Miami won 4-2 over #12 Notre Dame in the title match of
the league tournament on the Hurricanes' home courts.
ND 17th IN FILA COLLEGIATE TENNIS RANKINGS: After beating SMU last
week, Notre Dame remained 17th in the latest Fila Collegiate Tennis
Rankings, released by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) on
Tuesday. The Irish started the season 26th and have been as low as
31st (Feb. 14) and as high as 15th (March 21) this spring. Notre Dame
has been listed in each of the last 255 sets of ITA national rankings,
dating back to March 2, 1990. In all, 18 of Notre Dame's 24
regular-season opponents are listed among the 75 teams in this week's
rankings, with 10 of them in the top 25: #3 Texas (L, 1-6), #5
Illinois (L, 7-0), #6 Duke (L, 4-3), #8 Ohio State (W, 5-2), #9 VCU
(L, 4-2), #11 Virginia (L, 4-3), #12 North Carolina (L, 4-3), #18
Texas A&M (L, 1-5), #22 Florida State (W, 4-3), and #23 Boise State
(W, 4-3).
ALL OF ND'S LOSSES TO TEAMS CURRENTLYIN TOP 20: All seven of Notre
Dame's defeats have come against teams ranked among the top 20 in the
latest edition of the Fila Collegiate Tennis Rankings. The first three
Irish losses were 4-3 affairs on the road against Virginia (now ranked
11th after being #1 at the time), North Carolina (now 12th), and Duke
(6th). Since then Notre Dame, has lost to Illinois (5th), VCU (9th),
Texas (3rd), and Texas A&M (18th).
IRISH IN INDIVIDUAL ITA RANKINGS: Two singles players and two Irish
doubles teams were listed in the latest individual national rankings,
released April 4. Junior Stephen Bass (Bronxville, N.Y./Iona
Preparatory School) leads the way at 16th in singles, with sophomore
Sheeva Parbhu (Omaha, Neb./Millard North H.S.) at 31st. In doubles,
junior Ryan Keckley (South Bend, Ind./St. Joseph's H.S.) is ranked
with two different partners, appearing at 31st with junior Barry King
(Dublin, Ireland/Gonzaga College) and 32nd with senior Eric Langenkamp
(Scarsdale, N.Y./Scarsdale H.S.).
IRISH HEAD COACH: Bob Bayliss is in his 19th year at Notre Dame with
a 341-164 (.675) record, while his 36-year career mark stands at
632-267-1 (.702). He is one of just six active NCAA Division I coaches
to boast 600+ career victories. Bayliss has had just one losing season
in his career and has seen his teams finish in the top 20 nine times,
advancing to the NCAA round of 16 on five occasions, highlighted by a
quarterfinal appearance in 1993 and a national runner-up finish in
'92. He also is one of just three coaches in Division I to have led
his current team to 14 NCAA tournaments over the last 15 seasons.
Bayliss, named national coach of the year in 1980 and '92, is a
four-time ITA Midwest Region coach of the year and 12-time conference
coach of the year (five times in the last eight years in the BIG EAST,
including 2004 and '05). In his time at Notre Dame, Bayliss' teams
have won 12 conference titles, while his players have earned
All-America honors 17 times, won eight national ITA awards, and earned
16 invitations to the NCAA Singles Championship and 11 to the NCAA
doubles tournament.
IRISH BOAST TWO AMONG NATION'S TOP 35 IN SINGLES: In the latest set
of Fila Collegiate Tennis Rankings, released on April 4, Irish junior
Stephen Bass (Bronxville, N.Y./Iona Preparatory School) is 16th
nationally in singles, while sophomore Sheeva Parbhu (Omaha,
Neb./Millard North H.S.) is 31st. Notre Dame is one of only six
Division I schools (along with Georgia, Illinois, Mississippi,
Pepperdine, and Stanford) to have multiple players among the top 35 in
the listing.
ALL SIX IRISH STARTERS HAVE BEEN NATIONALLY-RANKED IN SINGLES: All
six of Notre Dame's regular starters in singles have been listed in
the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's national singles rankings
this season. Junior Stephen Bass and sophomore Sheeva Parbhu are still
in the rankings, at 16th and 31st, respectively. Those two peaked on
Jan. 10 at eighth and 14th, respectively. Freshman Brett Helgeson has
been ranked in three of the five sets of rankings, but fell out this
week after being as high as 60th (on Feb. 22). Junior Ryan Keckley -
who is ranked with two different partners in doubles - earned his
first career singles ranking (115th) on March 21, but also is unranked
this week. Junior Barry King moved into the listing on March 7 at
106th, but has since fallen out, while senior Eric Langenkamp was in
the first two sets of national rankings, peaking at 65th on Jan. 10.
BAYLISS COACHES 900th CAREER MATCH vs. SMU: The 5-2 win over SMU on
April 8 marked the 900th official match in which Notre Dame's Bob
Bayliss has served as a head coach. In his 36-year career, he holds a
record of 632-267-1 (.702).
KECKLEY EARNS TOP-20 RANKING WITH FOURTH DIFFERENT PARTNER: Notre
Dame junior Ryan Keckley (South Bend,Ind./St. Joseph's H.S.) - the
2002 Indiana state singles champion and a graduate of St. Joseph's
High School in South Bend - is the only Notre Dame player ever to be
listed in the ITA national doubles rankings with four different
partners, having earned a top-20 listing with each. He is currently
listed 31st with classmate Barry King (Dublin, Ireland/Gonzaga
College) - after being 20th on March 7 - as well as 32nd with senior
senior Eric Langenkamp (Scarsdale, N.Y./Scarsdale H.S.), after that
squad was 12th to start the spring. Keckley - who earned a national
ranking in singles for the first time on March 21 (115th) - was first
listed 18th with Luis Haddock following the fall of the 2003-04 season
and then switched partners and peaked at 14th with Brent D'Amico later
that spring.
STREAKS: The following streaks are active heading into this weekend:
- Notre Dame has won nine consecutive home matches. [last loss:
3/17/05 vs. #3 Illinois, 6-1]
- Notre Dame has won 23 consecutive matches when winning at No. 1
singles. [last loss: 4/4/04 at Virginia Tech, lost 4-3; Luis Haddock
def. Andreas Laulund 6-3, 6-4 at No. 1]
- Stephen Bass has won 14 consecutive singles matches at home [last
loss: 3/17/05 vs. Illinois' Kevin Anderson 6-1, 6-4]
- Stephen Bass is 10-0 in singles in his career at the Courtney Tennis Center.
- Sheeva Parbhu has won 13 consecutive singles matches at home [last
loss: 3/17/05 vs. Illinois' Monte Tucker 6-2, 7-5]
- Ryan Keckley has won five consecutive three-set matches with the
dual-match outcome still undetermined [last loss: 4/3/05 vs. SMU's
David Kuczer 4-6, 6-4, 6-2]
- Ryan Keckley has won 12 consecutive home singles matches [last loss:
1/15/05 vs. Illinois State's Alfredo Lagarda 4-6, 7-6 (7-3), 1-0
(11-9)]
- Yuichi Uda has won six consecutive close sets (6-4, 7-5, or 7-6)
[last loss: 10/15/04 vs. Wisconsin's Brian Ko, 6-4 in third set]
- Yuichi Uda has won six consecutive singles matches at home [only
career loss: 9/17/04 vs. Purdue's Scott Warner 6-4, 7-5]
IRISH ONLY TEAM TO HAVE BEATEN OHIO STATE: After three close calls
earlier this spring, Notre Dame finally broke through with a big
victory, beating then-#11 Ohio State 5-2 on Feb. 24 in the Eck Tennis
Pavilion. That is the only defeat this season for the 18-1 Buckeyes,
who rose to an all-time high of #4 in the national rankings and are
now eighth. The match snapped a 17-match losing streak for ND against
top-15 squads, and OSU was the highest-ranked team to fall victim to
the Irish since Notre Dame won 4-3 at #5 Illinois on March 7, 2002. It
marked the third time that a team ranked among the nation's top 11
lost at Notre Dame - the first since #8 Duke lost 4-3 to the
29th-ranked Irish in the Eck Tennis Pavilion on Feb. 16, 1997. This
victory also was just the third time that ND beat a top-11 team
without being listed in the top 20 itself.
ROCKING THE REGION: Irish competitors have combined to win 78% of
their singles matches against other players from the ITA's Midwest
Region, which includes most of the Big Ten Conference and other area
squads. Notre Dame players have a 83-24 singles record vs. regional
foes and are 7-1 in dual matches this spring against that group,
having lost only to #3 Illinois. No ND student-athlete has lost more
than three times against the region this season, and Irish junior
Stephen Bass (Bronxville, N.Y./Iona Preparatory School) - who became
the first ND player since 1993 to win the singles title in the ITA
Midwest Championships in October - leads the way with a 17-1 mark (the
lone defeat coming against Illinois' Kevin Anderson, currently ranked
#6). Sophomore Sheeva Parbhu (Omaha, Neb./Millard North H.S.) is 15-2
against regional opponents, while freshman Brett Helgeson (Overland
Park, Kan./Blue Valley West H.S.) is 12-3. Notre Dame also excelled in
singles against the region a year ago, combining for a 104-37 (.738)
mark in 2004-05.
CLINCHING PARBHU: Sophomore Sheeva Parbhu (Omaha, Neb./Millard North
H.S.) has delivered the decisive blow to opponents on five occasions,
all against Big Ten Conference opponents: vs. Northwestern, Purdue,
Michigan State, #11 Ohio State, and Indiana. He is just one shy of the
Irish record for most match-clinching wins in a season since the
statistic debuted in 1999. Andrew Laflin posted six clinching wins in
1999-2000, while Javier Taborga had six in 2001-02.
IRISH GO 7-1 vs. THE BIG TEN: Notre Dame played eight matches against
members of the Big Ten Conference this spring, winning all but a road
contest against #3 Illinois. The Irish upset #11 Ohio State by a 5-2
score and also beat Michigan 5-2. Notre Dame won 7-0 against Michigan
State and 6-1 vs. Northwestern, Purdue, Wisconsin, and Indiana.
KECKLEY/KING KNOCK OFF NATION'S #1-RANKED DOUBLES TEAM: Notre Dame
juniors Barry King (Dublin, Ireland/Gonzaga College) and Ryan Keckley
(South Bend, Ind./St. Joseph's H.S.) posted an 8-4 victory over the
#1-ranked team in college tennis, North Carolina's Raian Luchi of
Romania and Brad Pomeroy, on Feb. 4 at the No. 1 position. It was the
first time an Irish doubles team had knocked off the nation's
top-ranked squad since Feb. 18, 1993, when Chuck Coleman and Will
Forsyth prevailed 8-3 against Anders Eriksson and Trey Phillips of
Texas at No. 1 in the opening round of the USTA/ITA National Team
Indoor Championship in Louisville, Ky. Notre Dame, ranked sixth at the
time, went on to win the match 4-3 against the 10th-ranked Longhorns.
This season's win marked the first time King had upset a
nationally-ranked team in doubles during his collegiate career, while
Keckley - who is currently ranked 12th nationally with senior Eric
Langenkamp (Scarsdale, N.Y./Scarsdale H.S.) - has five to his credit.
HELGESON POSTS HIGHEST-RANKED ND SINGLES WIN SINCE 2000: Freshman
Brett Helgeson (Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley West H.S.) knocked off
Virginia sophomore Treat Huey 6-7, 6-1, 6-1 at No. 4 singles in
dual-match action on Jan. 27. Huey was ranked #6 in the national
singles rankings, making him the highest-ranked player to fall victim
to a Notre Dame student-athlete since Javier Taborga beat then-#3 K.J.
Hippensteel of Stanford on Oct. 12, 2000, in the second round of the
ITA All-American Championships.
BASS, PARBHU EXCEL IN NATIONAL INDOORS: Junior Stephen Bass
(Bronxville, N.Y./Iona Preparatory School) and sophomore Sheeva Parbhu
(Omaha, Neb./Millard North H.S.) combined to make Notre Dame one of
only two schools (along with Stanford) to have multiple players among
the final 16 in the season's second grand slam, the ITA National
Intercollegiate Indoor Championships. Bass knocked off the
tournament's No. 6 seed to become just the second Notre Dame player
(along with Ryan Sachire in 2000) ever to reach the quarterfinals of
the event. Just six schools - Duke, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma
State, Stanford, and Virginia - qualified two players for the
32-player singles draw (none had more than two). This season marked
the fourth time - all since 1992 - that Notre Dame has had multiple
players in the men's singles draw of the National Indoor
Championships, but the first since 1995. This was the first time that
both reached the round of 16.
BASS, PARBHU COMBINE FOR FIRST ALL-IRISH SINGLES FINAL IN ITA MIDWEST
CHAMPIONSHIPS: Junior Stephen Bass (Bronxville, N.Y./Iona Preparatory
School) prevailed against his teammate, sophomore Sheeva Parbhu
(Omaha, Neb./Millard North H.S.) in the first-ever all-Irish singles
final of the Wilson/Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Midwest
Championships. No ND player had reached the singles final of that
event - which features the top talent in the ITA's Midwest Region -
since 1996 (Ryan Sachire), and Bass became the first Irish victor
since Andy Zurcher did so in 1993. Bass came away with a 7-5, 6-2
victory in the championship match to snap Parbhu's 17-match winning
streak and join an elite club of just four Notre Dame players who have
won that singles title. Notre Dame was the only school to have two
players in the quarterfinals, and that duo kept winning. Bass - a
semifinalist in 2004 - is the fifth Irish player to reach the
semifinals of the ITA Midwest Championships multiple times.
TERRIFIC TRIO: The 2005-06 campaign marks the first time ever that
Notre Dame had three different players compete in singles action in
grand slams in the fall semester. Senior Eric Langenkamp (Scarsdale,
N.Y./Scarsdale H.S.) participated in the singles main draw of the
season's first grand slam, the Polo Ralph Lauren ITA All-American
Championships, while junior Stephen Bass (Bronxville, N.Y./Iona
Preparatory School) and sophomore Sheeva Parbhu (Omaha, Neb./Millard
North H.S.) played in the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor
Championships.
IRISH BOAST FOUR AMONG TOP 25 SINGLES PLAYERS IN MIDWEST REGION:
Notre Dame joined Ohio State as the only schools with four or more
singles players listed among the top 25 in the ITA's Midwest Region
rankings, released by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) in
December. Junior Stephen Bass (Bronxville, N.Y./Iona Preparatory
School) led the way at #2, while sophomore Sheeva Parbhu (Omaha,
Neb./Millard North H.S.) was fifth, freshman Brett Helgeson (Overland
Park, Kan./Blue Valley West H.S.) was 13th, and senior Eric Langenkamp
(Scarsdale, N.Y./Scarsdale H.S.) was 22nd. Junior Barry King (Dublin,
Ireland/Gonzaga College) would have been ranked, but was listed as
having insufficient data since he did not play collegiately during the
fall. Bass is the highest-ranked Irish player in the regional singles
rankings since Ryan Sachire finished his career in 1999-2000 at #1,
which concluded a decade-long span in which ND boasted the region's
top singles player in every season but one. In an almost-unbelievable
turn, Langenkamp and junior Ryan Keckley (South Bend, Ind./St.
Joseph's H.S.) were listed just 13th in the regional doubles rankings
determined by a committee of head coaches, despite having wins over
the teams ranked #2 and #5 in the region and coming in 12th in the
national rankings (determined by the ITA's computer formula).
LANGENKAMP WINS ITA SUMMER NATIONALS: Senior Eric Langenkamp
(Scarsdale, N.Y./Scarsdale H.S.) claimed the singles title in the
Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Summer
Championships, presented by the United States Tennis Association
(USTA) last month at Indiana University. Among the highlights of his
run were wins against Steven Peretz (who played Nos. 4-6 for Michigan
last spring), Ryan Preston (Nos. 4-5 for Vanderbilt in '05),
top-seeded Paul Rose (Purdue's No. 1 player who is ranked 54th in the
preseason ITA listing), Will Gray (Nos. 3-6 for Tulsa in '05), and
Eric Hechtman (Nos. 2-3 for Miami in '05). The championship earned
Langenkamp - who combined with sophomore Yuichi Uda (Wesley Chapel,
Fla./Laurel Springs School [CA]) to make Notre Dame the only school
with two players among the final 16 in the singles draw - wild-card
entry into the main draw of the first grand slam of the 2005-06
collegiate season, the Polo Ralph Lauren ITA All-American
Championships. It was the first time an Irish player ever won a title
in the tournament.
BUCHANAN SERVES AS SOLE TEAM CAPTAIN: Senior Patrick Buchanan
(Fullerton, Calif./Servite H.S.) was voted team captain for the
2005-06 season. Following three straight years in which Notre Dame had
multiple team captains - the only such span in the history of the
program - the Irish have now returned to their tradition of having a
single team captain. In 84 years of varsity tennis, Notre Dame has had
just one team captain in all but 10 seasons, with the most-recent solo
captain being Casey Smith in 2001-02. He concluded a 32-year stretch
in which all but two seasons saw Notre Dame have exactly one captain.
DOEBLER PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Todd Doebler was promoted
to associate head coach of the Irish men's tennis team, it was
announced in January. Now in his fourth year on the coaching staff at
Notre Dame, he is the first associate head coach in the history of the
program, as well as one of just five currently in the Irish athletic
department.
IRISH INK SEAN CORRIGAN FOR NEXT SEASON: Long Island's Sean Corrigan
(Lido Beach, N.Y./Long Beach H.S.), who was ranked among the top 25 in
the nation in both singles and doubles at the end of 2004, signed a
national letter of intent during the early period to enroll at the
University of Notre Dame next fall and join its men's tennis team.
Corrigan, a senior at Long Beach High School, finished 2004 ranked
24th in the United States Tennis Association's (USTA) boys'
16-and-under national rankings in singles, as well as 22nd in doubles
(first in the Eastern Section). In prep action, he went undefeated at
No. 1 singles last spring for Long Beach.
DAVID DiLUCIA NOW PERSONAL COACH FOR LINDSAY DAVENPORT: A five-time
All-American during his four-year career at Notre Dame (1988-92),
David DiLucia, left his job with the United States Tennis Association
(USTA) in December 2005 to become the personal coach of the world's #1
women's player, Lindsay Davenport. DiLucia was ranked #1 in both
singles and doubles during his collegiate career and then went on to
play in the singles main draw in all four professional grand slams
before retiring in 2002. During his pro career, DiLucia earned wins
over players such as Gustavo Kuerten, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Mark
Philippoussis, and David Wheaton.
BAYLISS HONORED BY NAVAL ACADEMY: Notre Dame head coach Bob Bayliss
was recognized recently by the United States Naval Academy, where he
was the head tennis coach for 15 years, as well as the school's head
squash coach for four seasons. Navy named one of its varsity tennis
courts in his honor and also dedicated a plaque in its squash facility
on the occasion of the return to campus by Bayliss, who posted a 19-0
record against Army during his tenure in Annapolis. The long-time
Irish mentor visited the Naval Academy during the weekend of Nov. 5,
which also featured the football team's homecoming game, a 49-21 win
over Tulane. Though the tennis court had been dedicated previously -
when Bayliss was unable to attend - there was a small ceremony held to
show it to him. The weekend also featured the squash team's annual
alumni match, the Bowen Cup, and the dedication of a new plaque
honoring Bayliss' service to that team.
BAYLISS AT WIMBLEDON: Notre Dame head coach Bob Bayliss headed to
London, England, last June to participate in a High Performance
Continuing Education Program, which was organized by the USA Tennis
Coaching Education Department and held in conjunction with The
Championships Wimbledon. A total of 15 American coaches who work
primarily with junior players took part, with the intent of continuing
to work toward the program's ultimate goal of developing world-class
American champions. Bayliss was selected to participate in the
continuing education program out of a pool of applicants of coaches
who work with talented and highly-ranked junior players.
ND STILL #1 IN NACDA DIRECTORS' CUP: Notre Dame is in first place in
the most-recent set of standings in the 2005-06 United States Sports
Academy Directors' Cup all-sports competition sponsored by the
National Association of Collegiate Dirctors of Athletics (NACDA),
which were released on March 23 and included results from all fall
sports, as well as winter competition in fencing, rifle, skiing,
women's swimming, men's wrestling, and men's and women's indoor track
and field. Fall NCAA competition earned the Irish 412 points based on
their third-place finish in men's cross country (85 points), their
seventh-place finish in women's cross country (69 points), their
quarterfinal appearance in women's soccer (73), their third-round
appearance in men's soccer (64), their regional semifinal appearance
in women's volleyball (64) and their 11th-place finish in football
based on the final USA Today poll (57). So far this winter, the Irish
have earned 133 points based on their fourth-place finish in fencing
(40 points), a 33rd-place finish in men's indoor track and field
(39.5), a 39th-place finish in women's indoor track and field (32.5),
and a 41st-place finish in women's swimming (21). This was the second
straight year Notre Dame has ranked atop the final fall standings -
and its 412 points were its highest-ever fall total. Stanford (536.5
points) is second, followed by Penn State (521.25), Texas (494.5) and
Wisconsin (491). Notre Dame finished 16th in 2004-05, its fifth
consecutive top-20 placing, and has three times finished an all-time
high of 11th (1993-94, '95-96, 2000-01).
KEEPING UP WITH NOTRE DAME TENNIS: For the fastest results of Notre
Dame tennis matches, call the Notre Dame sports hotline at (574)
631-3000 and choose #8. The hotline provides schedule and results
information for varsity sports and serves as a supplement to the game
recaps and weekly releases provided on the official athletic website
at www.und.com. The hotline is the first medium updated with the
results of each Notre Dame tennis match. In addition, media members
and fans may be added to the sports information e-mail release list by
contacting Bo Rottenborn at Rottenborn.2@nd.edu, who also can provide
any information about the Irish tennis program.
